ring true
Example Sentences
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“Those Friday gains are also likely to encourage short-term momentum buyers to enter the fray once again. It is usually the case that one record high begets a few more, and that seems likely to ring true for silver.”
From Barron's
The connections to O’Neill and Samuel Beckett, in particular, ring true.
Another bias that should ring true for anyone trying to buy an airline ticket: “decision fatigue.”
From Seattle Times
Lisa Kennedy’s take: Fortson “carries the day, or rather the school year. In her face, Margaret’s glimmers of dawning self-awareness and hurt ring true. From the moment the soon-to-be sixth grader utters the movie’s first prayer — which ends with the entreaty, ‘Please don’t let New Jersey be too horrible’ — Fortson’s Margaret proves to be a protagonist who is as incidentally funny as she is authentic.”
From New York Times
Your story of a runaround from Jetline’s customer service does ring true, however.
From New York Times
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